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COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M regent Jim Schwertner stole the show at Monday afternoon’s update on the $450 million Kyle Field renovation.

Schwertner said he hoped one day Kyle Field is renamed “Kyle Field: The House that Johnny Built,” in honor of 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

“I hope the Aggie Nation will come together and decide that’s something they want to do,” Schwertner said.

Schwertner contended that A&M would not have been able to come up with the $450 million so readily over the past two years without Manziel electrifying the nation in 2012 and 2013. Manziel was the No. 22 overall selection to the Cleveland Browns last Thursday night in the NFL draft.

“Think about this – the last time we had a Heisman Trophy winner was John Kimbrough,” Schwertner said.

When asked if he meant John David Crow (in 1957), Schwertner said yes. Kimbrough led the Aggies to the 1939 national title, but finished second in the Heisman voting in 1940 to Tom Harmon.

In other less-wild Kyle news, A&M chancellor John Sharp said the redo is “on time and on schedule.” The Aggies open their home slate on Sept. 6 against Lamar, and the east and south sides currently under construction are scheduled to be ready for the crowds.

The team will play its home games in Kyle throughout the 2014 season, and then the west side is scheduled for demolition following the regular season. The project is scheduled for completion in time for the 2015 season.

As for the “House that Johnny Built,” Manziel applied for the trademark to that phrase earlier this year, according to ESPN. In a twist, however, his old Kerrville and College Station running buddy Nathan Fitch – or “Fitch Family Estates” – already owns the trademark, according to ESPN.

As for Schwertner coveting the name for the Aggies’ home football field?

“It’s going to be up to the students and former students to decide that,” he said. “That would sure be a real testament about how great that young man was for this university. My vote would be yes, but there are a lot of other folks who will have a vote on what I just said.”